12 dead in attack on ex-Myanmar official

YANGON: At least nine civilians and three policemen were killed in an armed attack on a convoy of the former leading body member of Myanmar’s self-administered zone, according to a statement released by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Service Office on Saturday.

The convoy led by U Khin Maung Lwin, a former central executive committee member of Myanmar’s Kokang Self-Administered Zone, was attacked by a group of 20 members from the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army on the way from Lashio to Laukkai, capital of Kokang Self-Administered Zone in Shan state on Friday afternoon, according to the statement.